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The Michigan Coalition has elected officers for it 2018-19 program year, which runs from September through June.
The new officers of the organization are:
Cary McGehee
Chair
Co-Founding Partner
Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers law firm
Dr. Brenda Bryant
President
Assistant Professor & Department Chair
Marygrove College
Kim Redigan
Vice Chair
Teacher
University of Detroit Jesuit High School
Andrew Sarpolis
Secretary
Sierra Club
Barbara Hollie
Vice President
Assistant Professor of Nursing
University of Michigan-Flint
Bob Ingalls
Vice President
Videographer and Photographer
Retired from Ford Motor Company
Jerry King
Vice President
Activist
United Auto Workers Local 140
Brother Tom Zerafa
Vice President
Activist & Music and Pastoral Minister
The Michigan Coalition for Human Rights has elected three new members to its board of directors. The announcement was made by MCHR Chair Cary McGehee.
The new board members are:
Rev. Denise Griebler
Griebler is pastor of First United Church of Christ in Richmond, Mich. A long-time human rights and social justice activist, she has been active in the sanctuary movement since the 80s. Griebler also serves on the board of directors of SIPAZ, an international human rights organization in Chiapas, Mexico.
Dr. Imam Achmat Salie
Salie is a program developer at University of Detroit/ Mercy. He has been imam at several mosques in Michigan and Ohio and created Islamic Studies programs at Oakland University and UD Mercy. He is part of the interfaith, peace, environmental and spiritual movements.
Victor Wheeler
Wheeler is an adjunct professor at Marygrove College and director of re-entry programs at Inkster, Mich.-based Truth Recovery, Inc. He is a long-time advocate of formerly incarcerated persons and works with them to productively re-enter the community.
These three new members have all distinguished themselves as leaders in human and civil rights. We’re pleased they’ve joined us and look forward to the vision and energy they’ll bring to MCHR,” said McGehee.
Members can vote in-person at the annual meeting on June 21, by e-mail to support@mchr.org, or by phone at 313-579-9071. The vote is YES or NO for the full slate.
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Editor, Pan-African News Wire
MCHR Board Member at Large
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